Sidelights
Of The
News
Q
Collector Goes
teverse
,ery seldom that an envel
jm the tax collector is a
surprise, but quite a num
haywood county residents
> lor just that. Mrs. Mildred
tax collector, and her
ive already started issuing
inds to those who had pre
eir 1953 taxes,
ids will range from the
t an ice creatn sooa up to
ng like *7,000.
no taxes were figured on
rate of *1.65 ano the ten
x cut last week lett the
owing some people money,
ryson commented, "More
have prepaid their taxes
ir tnan at any time in the
cveaal years."
is just as much figuring,
?, to somebody's two-bit
as there is to somebody s
;wo-thousand dollar one?
11 wager that it will be just
b appreciated.
(dwell
aring
ntinued
Igistrate's hearing was con
probably until tomorrow,
case of Thad Harrison
II, of Canton, to enable
ll to attend the funeral
ernoon of Fred Page, Sr.,
?d as a result of injurtes
I when he was struck by
Is car.
ccident occurred at 9:05 p.
lay night on US 19A-23
Points in Hazelwood. Page
mitted to the Haywood
Hospital, where he was
I to be suffering from a
leg and internal injuries.
> same night he was trans
o a Ashevllle Hospital,
le died.
ell was held in the Hay
>unty jail pending further
ition on charges "of driv
Loxicated, according to
ighway Patrolmen W- D.
Caldwell .was* released
istody on pbetrag $1,0*10
ell was driving a 1951
ter east on the highway
|e was reported to have
out in front of the car
' left side of the road to
ehighway, Wooden said,
is a foreman at the Day
e Caldwell?Page 6)
KOERCH VISITS AREA
id Mrs. Carl oGerch and
Mrs. Thompson of Raleigh
raynesville Friday to visit
h Overlook and the new
a Ridge road. Mr. Goerch ;
lisher of the State maga-!
I I
sident Of AMA Will
it Dayton Plant Here
Freedlander, president
ral manager of Dayton
'ompany, announced this
that Lawerenc A. Ap
lew York, a director of
n Rubber Company, and
of the American Man
association, would make
Lion tour of the Dayton
J on Thursday.
)ley, in his official capa
be the principal speak
dnesday evening at the
hern Industrial Rela
ference at Blue Ridge,
ct will be "The New
lanagement."
Rending the conference
on Rubber will include
lander; J. C. Cole, vice
in charge of textile sal
L Mayle, vice president
of finances; and Russ
If ?*
I ?
Champion Official
Renamed To State
C. And D. Board
W. J. Damtoft. assistant secre
tary and treasurer of Champion
Paper and Fibrt Company, has
been reappointed to the Stale
Board of Conservation and Devel
opment. ilis appointment was an
nounced Friday by Governor Um
stead, along with the names of 12
more members of the board. Mr.
Damtoft was first appointed to the
board by Governor R. Gregg Cher
ry in 1945.
Another Champion official was
praised by Governor Umstead
(See Champion?Page 6)
luuuui manager; J..
le.v, factory manager;
lunl, personnel manager
vnesvllle plant.
Mr. Appley's first visit
"vnesvllle plant. He is
^Dayton?Page 6)
I
I
ler |
I
FAIR
lr with moderate tem
londay and Tuesday,
'aynesville temperature 1
1 by the State Test |
Mas. Mln. Rainfall j
82 55 _ i
77 52 i
7? ?? _ ,
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The Waynesville Mountaineer SSs
married to eac* other*
Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smokv Mmmtain. d?u
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With YEAR NO. 57 12 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 13, 1953 5J.00 In Advanct In Haywood and
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WILLIAM MEDFORD. Waynesville attorney, and
a former State Senator, is shown taking the oath
of office as a member of the N. C, Park Com
mission, following his appointment by Gov.
IIinstead. Shown here, left to right; Dr. Kelley
Bennett, of Bryson City, chairman of the com- '.
mission, Mr. Medford. J. B. Slier, clerk of the
court, administering the oath, and Charles. E.
Ray, who recently resigned, and whose place
Mr. Medford is taking. (Mountaineer photo)
Town Tax Rate To Remain At
1.40 As New Budget Adopted
Largest Assembly To Date
Seen As Masons Gather Here
Postal Receipts
For Half Year
$3,000 Higher
| Receipts at the Waynesville
Poet Office were nearly $3,000
higher fee the first six months of i
this year than for the same per
iod last year. Postmaster J. H.
Howell announced today. Col.
Howell said that revenue from
stamps, permit mailings and box
rent amounted to $32,168.09, an
Increase of $2,607.81.
The rise has eeen consistent
through every month. Col How
ell said, with January, March and
April leading. Receipts this
June, however, barely made the
"plus" column, as they ran only
$12.69 more than those of last
June.
Col Howell remarked that post
office receipts represented a fair
ly accurate barometer of the gen
eral business of an area.
Several hundred Masons and
their families embarked on a varied
program of entertainment and con
ferences as the 14th annual Ma
sonic Assembly of the Grand Coun
cil of Royal and Select Masters of
North Carolina opened here yes
terday.
Today marked the official open
ing of the Council, with Most Illus
trious Companion Themes Gv Slate.
Grand Master, presiding. This
afternoon the group was to make
a trip to the Masonic marker at
Black Camp Gap, to hear an ad
dress by Judge I. Walker, Past
Grand High Priest of the Grand
Royal Arch Chapter of Ropal Arch
Masons in Tennessee.
This evening at 8 o'clock the
Royal and Select Masters Degree
will be conferred by a team from
Blake Council No. 19 of Spartan
burg, S. C.; and 9 o'clock will wit
ness the Select Masters Degree by
a team from Golden Triangle Coun
cil No. 28 of Eustis, Fla.
Tomorrow's program will con
clude the Assembly as follows:
9 a.m.?Grand Council recon
venes; Remarks by distinguished
visitors; Announcements; Closing
the Grand Council.
2 p.m.?Motorcade to Cherokee
and tour of Indian Village.
5 p.m.?Motorcade through Pig
eon Gap, then on through Pigeon
River Valley to Camp Hope for
Masonic picnic at 6 p.m. for all
Masons, their families and friends;
the public is cordially Invited. Pic
nic will be served by the ladies of
the Order of the Eastern Star of
Canton, Clyde, Sonoma and Way
nesville Chapters.
7 p.m.?Varied entertainment.
8 p.m.?Address by Most Wor
shipful Henry F. Collins, Past
Grand Master of Masons in South
Carolina.
Yesterday was devoted chiefly to
registration. In the evening visi
tors had a choice of a trip to "Unto
These Hills" at Cherokee or a Ma
sonic Service at the Waybesville
Armory, followed by a social hour
arranged by the ladies of the Order
of the Eastern Star.
Band Receives Big W elcome
On Return From Chicago
The Waynesville High School
Band and Lions Club delegates
were given a noisy welcome as
their caravan reached Soco Gap
Sunday night about 8:30 o'clock.
Approximately two hundred cars
were parked at the Gap with horn
blowing and lights flashing as Pa
trolman Pritchard Smith led the
procession across the mountain.
The same cars formed a two-mile
long motorcade to escort the group
to its last top?at the High School.
The young people?tired but ap
parently still "going strong"?met
the large crowd of parents and
friends with reports of a "wonder
ful time."
Charles Isley, band director, and
Patrolman Pritchard Smith. Jerry
Ftogers. and others who accompan
ed the band, expressed their pleas
ire and satisfaction at the behav
ous of the band members. Mr.
Isley quoted all hotel managers and
cafeteria managers as saying the
Waynesville group was the nicest
they had ever served.
After the - first night in Chicago
the band stayed at the Croydon
Hotel which is located .two blocks
from the starting point of the pa
rade which was held on Wednesday.
At the same hotel?and extra at
traction?were a number of movie
stars including Harry James. Lana
Turner, Betty Grable. and Rose
mary Cluny. and bands from Min
nesota and Florida.
Mr. Isley reported that the band's
performance in the parade was
graded at 179 points out of a pos
sible 200 points. The winning band
the national champions from Jollet,
Illinois, made a score of 190 points.
It was the Waynesville band^how
ever. which was shown on the front
page of the Chicago News the fol
(See Band?Page 6)
Town of Waynesville officials
have adopted an all-time high bud
get. but are keeping the tax rate at
$1.40. according to the official bud
get being published In today's issue
of The Mountaineer.
The total budget requirements
for the current fiscal year is $662,
432.82. This is about $295,000
above last year?with $255,000 of it
going into the new filtering plant,
thus leaving an additional $40,000
higher than last year's budget.
The budget is based upon a valu
ation of five millions. This is a
gain of about half a million over
the last fiscal year. ,
There are several major projects 1
included in the budget for perme-.
nant town improvements during the 1
i coming year, according to G. C. ?
Ferguson, town manager. Among 1
1 the items is the completion of the 1
(See Tax Rate?Page 6) 1
Bill Miller Has |i
Position With
U.P. War Staff |>
Bill Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. I J"
Clyde Ray of Waynesvllle, hfas ac- ^
cepted a position-with the United
Press on the War Staff In Tokyo, |
japan. He is at present in Seoul
covering the Robertson-Rhee con
ferences.
Miller was released from active
duty with the 23th Infantry in
Korea last month after three years
of service. He was eight months
in the main outposts of the Ko
rean conflict and received a battle
field promotion to the rank of first
lieutenant.
At the time he was recalled to
duty in Korea, Lt. Miller had a
position with the U.P. with head
quarters in Raleigh. Previously
he had served his first three-year
period of duty in the Infantry?
eighteen months of which were in
Germany. He had training at Fort
Knox and Fort Benning.
Officers Capture 1,500-Gallon
Distillery Near Mt. Sterling
Leatherwood
Foreman Of
Grand Jury
loiuiai ii lines, ana now 10 Handle
such bills in these cases. Judge
Phillips also read an opinion of the
supreme court of a case when an
olTicer is charged with killing n
person. Judge Phillips said, "I just
want you to know that an officer
stands in a different light in such
a case." He had reference to the
case where D. C. Jenkins was killed
during a fight after being arrested
by Patrolman Joe Murrill several,
weeks ago.
Earlier Judge Phillips fined two
jurors S20 each for not reporting
for duty.
Sam J. McElroy a member of
the grand jury, was excused, when
the judge learned that Mrs. Mc
Elroy was buried on Sunday.
Will J. Leatherwood was named
foreman, succeeding Frank Smath
eis of Canton. Ten new members
were added to the grand jury this
morning ?- nine regular replace
ments, and one for Mr. McElroy.,,
The grand'jury is rfow'coniboVod
of Foreman Leatherwood, K. W. ,
Keener, Iialph Blalock, W. H.
Stockton, Jack Messer. Itay Stamey,
Jack Pricg, E. C. Beck, Roy L. 1
Pless, Jesse Jenkins. Roy Suttles, <
L,uke Gaddis, Virgil L. Robinson, ,
-,ucy Scates Milner, John Chamb
?rs. Roy B. Smathers, O. L. Adkins,
ind Porter A. Broyles. The court |
ifficer is Bud Hill.
This Is the first time in five and (
I half years that Judge Phillips has (
teld court here.
Solicitor Thad Bryson said he
ould not schedule any cases until e
he Grand Jury had returned some f
ills. The court began hearing
ivorce cases just before noon. | S
Spectators were standing in the
court room today as the July term
of court convened, with Judge Don
ald Phillips, of Rockingham, pre
siding.
It was shortly after 11 o'clock
when Judge Phillips finished his
charge to the Grand Jury, and the
regular jury sworn in. in. Judge
Phillips devoted most of his charge
in explaining the function of the
grand jury, and the method of ar
riving at their decisions of wheth
er a bill is a true bill or not a true
bill. He also explained the four
Jerry Liner
Condition Said
Satisfactory
J
The condition of Jerry Liner is
satisfactory, according to the Hay
wood County Hospital. Lirier,
owner and operator of the Juna
luska Supply Company, fell from
a .scaffold at the Bethel School
Thursday afternoon, suffering a
back injury.
Liner is the contractor in charge
of construction of several of the
county's new school projects, In
cluding the recently awarded Clyde
School physical education plant.
UNABLE TO SEE CLEARLY rock specimens on
nature hikes, the two boys in the center can
identify them by touch as easily as other boys
do by sight. Breaking a large flint rock are Wal
lace Brame of Hendersonville and Foy Flowers
of Charlotte. Counselor Bob Morgan of Hamlet
watches at left while at right ia Gene Kelly of
Canton. In this as In other activities at Camp
Hope it is very difficult to tell which boys are
visually handicapped and which are not.
(Mountaineer Photo).
CHAMPION RACER of the Western North Carolina Soap Box
Derby Is Frank "Tyker" Miller, Jr., of Waynesvllle. "Tyker" joes
to the National Derby In Akron in August. He is shown here
wearing the Champ's smile and holding his trophy. (Other pic
tures on Sports'page). (Photo By Miller).
'Tyker' Miller Winner '
Annual Soap Box Derby
Junaluska Plans
New Youth Center
A $40,000 youth center has been
proposed as the next building pro
lect at the Lake Junaluska Metho
list Assembly, according to Dr. H.
3. Allen, superintendent.
The Sunday offerings this season
ire being allocated for the building
iroject, he said, and the annual
Junaluska Sunday" gifts on Au
gust 2 also will be set aside for the
onlor Ul>k.~ * " "
VV...W?. v/uaicii ?i. narrcu,
Charlotte, will be the platform
speaker on that date.
Plans call for the youth center
to replace the present boat house,
which for years has served as a
recreation and fellowship hall for
young people at the lake. The boat
house also houses a library, gift
shop and tea room. It is one of the
oldest buildings at Junaluska.
"A central headquarters for our
young people is probably our great
est need at the present time," Dr.
Allen said. He expressed the hope
that sufficient money would be rais
ed this summer to finance building
costs so that the structure would be
ready for use by the 1954 season.
Frank "Tyker" Miller, Jr.. took
top honor* at the annual Soap Box
Derby held Saturday In Asheville,
as he nosed out ahead of the 41
, other entries In the race, and is
now preparing for the National
Derby in Akron, on August 9th.
Also bringing back home some
honors, was Sammy Lane, who won
J set of tools for having the best
constructed car in the derby. Sam- (
my also made a good showing in i
the race, winning three out of four i
heats. ,
"Tyker" pushed his sleek, fast i
racer, which was a remodeled job t
I of the car he won second place in
I loo* .,0,00 ... neft I
iaai JCOI , UUHll lilC ( Uliway ui IUU
feet in 21.0 seconds. He and his
racer were seven pounds under the
maximum of 250 pounds as he
weighed in.
The winner nosed out just a foot
ahead of Johnny Cashion, Asheville.
"Tyker" said this morning that
all he thought of while making the
(See Miller?Page 6)
Near Blind
Enjoy Camp
In Haywood
By BILL LEINBACH
A mixed group of boys at Camp
Hope proving that a physical
handicap doesn't stop a youngster
from having a good time at sum
mer camp
This group is made up of boys
rrom throughout the State. Eight
jf them have very bad eyesight,
ind one, in fact, is almost blind.
The others, about 56, are regular
campers. The 8 were sent from the
State School for the Blind and
Deaf at Raleigh to give them a
taste of life at a summer camp.
Socinloeists mieht finH
pcriment Interesting, but a sociol
ogical experiment is not the idea
behind this plat|. The boys arc
there to have a good time and to
mingle on an equal basis with
normal children their own age. The
regular camp schedule has not
bepn changed in any way for the
handicapped boys, and they are fit
ting into the activities as well as
the others.
The handicapped boys swim, play
softball. shuiTleboard, go on the
archery range, do craftwork. take
hikes, and clean up their cabins.
Tn some of these activities they are
not as efficient as the other boys
while in others the counselors say
frankly they excel.
As in any camp each day is
planned. While one group is swim
ming another has handicraft work
while a third may be on a nature
hike. The handicapped boys iden
tify rocks, leaves, and tree bark
'Continued on page 1, sec. 2>
Plant Could
Make Gallon
h3 Minutes
A 1.500-gallon distillery unit was
"cut down" in the Mt. Sterling sec
tion of the county by Sheriff Fred
Campbell, and Alcohol Tax Unit
officers about three o'clock Friday
afternoon. One man. by the name
of Webb, from Co$by. Tenn., was
arrested as he tried to leave the
giant distilling outfit in a 1935
Ford truck with 68 gallons of li
quor, which he had made in the
preceeding eight hours.
Sheriff Camnhftll coir! ????*
___ miiu iiiav neon
admitted the three five-hundred
gallon units, close together, were
capable of turning out * gallon of
liquor every three minutes.
Two of the 500-gallon stills were
fuH of mash, and were all set to
make a run when officers walked
in.
The elaborate set-up was six
I miles from the North Carolina
I Tennessee line, and all operators
were believed by officers, to be
Tennessee men.
The federal officers walked In
to the three stills, which had been
kept under careful watch for three
days. The federal officers had
walkie-talkie with them, and as
they stepped on the site, Webb
jumped into the loaded trtick, and
started down the one way road.
Four miles down the road was
Sheriff Campbell, and he got the
call over his car radio, and drove
down the road two miles and met.
Webb. SherM* -Campbell btocke.
the road and kept Webb from get
ting out. He gave up without offer
ing any resistance. The arrested
man was taken to Asheville by the
federal authorities.
Those accompanying Sheriff
Campbell Included John Corbin,
Ray Erwin and Willis Mitchell.
"This is the first time that I have
ever seen such large stills, and also
the first time that I have ever seen
b still built on a truck road. We
were able ot drive our car right
to the stills, and of course, the
jwners of the stills, just hauled
supplies, and the liquor right from
.he site."
Uut-Of-State Farm
Tour Registrations
To Wind Up Today
Final registrations were com
ing along well" this morning for
the 11th annual out-of-state farm
tour, according to the County
Agent's office, though the com
plete figure will of course not be
known until the day is over.
indications are that fewer per
sons will make the tour than last
year, when nearly 200 joined the
party.
The tour will leave early Friday
morning, July 17, with Canton
members being picked up by a
bus at the Chamber of Commerce
at 5:30 a. m. and the rest of the
party joining them in Waynes
vilie at 6 a. m.
After a wide swing west, thfc
trip will end with arrival in Way
ncsville on Sunday evening, July
the 26th.
MISS niRwnu
JI>IT HUTII1U
The condition of Miss Esther
Mae Gibson is improving, accord
ing to a spokesman at, the Hay
wood County Hospital. Miss Gib
SOn Wac arlmiH/s'' 4- *L *
r
Highway
Record For
1953
In Haywood
(To Date)
Killed .::: 2
Injured27
piled beat Records mt
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?? ?w ?umiiicu iu me nospuai
July 4 following an automobile
collision.